US3158522A
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Configured web-cutting apparatus
Assignee: General Cigar Co Inc
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Filing: 1961-10-12
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Granted: 1964-11-24
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Expires: 1981-10-12
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 John A Dreher
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 21:19
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65H; B65H37/00; B26; B26D; B26D5/00; B26D5/20; B26D5/30; B26D5/32; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S83/00; Y10S83/929; Y10S83/949; Y10T; Y10T156/00; Y10T156/12; Y10T156/1317; Y10T156/1322; Y10T156/133; Y10T83/00; Y10T83/444; Y10T83/4607; Y10T83/647; Y10T83/664; Y10T83/6644
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
239 words
AN APPARATUS FOR ACCURATELY CUTTING A CONTINUOUS FIRST WEB HAVING A REPETITIVELY VARIED TRANSVERSE CONFIGURATION INTO WEB UNITS OF EQUAL LENGTH AND OF UNIFORM RELATIONSHIP TO SAID TRANSVERSE CONFIGURATION AND FOR APPLYING THE WEB UNITS TO A SECOND CONTINUOUS WEB, WHICH COMPRISES THE COMBINATION OF WEB-SUPPLY MEANS, A ROTATABLE WEB-GUIDING AND FEEDING DRUM HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL RECESS WITH A TRANSVERSE CONFIGURATION CORRESPONDING TO SAID TRANSVERSE CONFIGURATION OF SAID WEB, SAID DRUM BEING POSITIONED TO RECEIVE SAID FIRST WEB IN A FIRST DIRECTION AND TO FEED SAID FIRST WEB IN SAID FIRST DIRECTION, CUTTING MEANS DOWNSTREAM OF SAID ROTATABLE DRUM TO CUT SAID WEB, MEANS FOR FEEDING A SECOND WEB IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO SAID FIRST DIRECTION AND TO FEED SAID SECOND WEB TO PLACE SAID SECOND WEB ADJACENT SAID FIRST WEB WITH SAID FIRST WEB IN OVERLYING RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO SAID SECOND WEB, AND ACTIVATING MEANS FOR INTERMITTENT ROTARY MOVEMENT OF SAID ROTATABLE DRUM TO FEED ONE OF SAID WEB UNITS WITH EACH SAID MOVEMENT OF SAID ROTATABLE DRUM AND FOR INTERMITTENT OPERATION OF SAID CUTTING MEANS TO CUT SAID WEB UNIT FROM SAID WEB AFTER EACH SAID MOVEMENT WHILE SAID FIRST WEB OVERLIES SAID SECOND WEB WITH A PORTION OF THE WEB UNIT EXTENDING BEYOND THE EDGE OF SAID SECOND WEB, AND MEANS FOR SEALING SAID WEB UNIT TO SAID SECOND WEB, SAID LAST-NAMED MEANS BEING MOUNTED TO BE ACTUATED IN SYNCHRONISM WITH SAID CUTTING MEANS.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
239 words
AN APPARATUS FOR ACCURATELY CUTTING A CONTINUOUS FIRST WEB HAVING A REPETITIVELY VARIED TRANSVERSE CONFIGURATION INTO WEB UNITS OF EQUAL LENGTH AND OF UNIFORM RELATIONSHIP TO SAID TRANSVERSE CONFIGURATION AND FOR APPLYING THE WEB UNITS TO A SECOND CONTINUOUS WEB, WHICH COMPRISES THE COMBINATION OF WEB-SUPPLY MEANS, A ROTATABLE WEB-GUIDING AND FEEDING DRUM HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL RECESS WITH A TRANSVERSE CONFIGURATION CORRESPONDING TO SAID TRANSVERSE CONFIGURATION OF SAID WEB, SAID DRUM BEING POSITIONED TO RECEIVE SAID FIRST WEB IN A FIRST DIRECTION AND TO FEED SAID FIRST WEB IN SAID FIRST DIRECTION, CUTTING MEANS DOWNSTREAM OF SAID ROTATABLE DRUM TO CUT SAID WEB, MEANS FOR FEEDING A SECOND WEB IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO SAID FIRST DIRECTION AND TO FEED SAID SECOND WEB TO PLACE SAID SECOND WEB ADJACENT SAID FIRST WEB WITH SAID FIRST WEB IN OVERLYING RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO SAID SECOND WEB, AND ACTIVATING MEANS FOR INTERMITTENT ROTARY MOVEMENT OF SAID ROTATABLE DRUM TO FEED ONE OF SAID WEB UNITS WITH EACH SAID MOVEMENT OF SAID ROTATABLE DRUM AND FOR INTERMITTENT OPERATION OF SAID CUTTING MEANS TO CUT SAID WEB UNIT FROM SAID WEB AFTER EACH SAID MOVEMENT WHILE SAID FIRST WEB OVERLIES SAID SECOND WEB WITH A PORTION OF THE WEB UNIT EXTENDING BEYOND THE EDGE OF SAID SECOND WEB, AND MEANS FOR SEALING SAID WEB UNIT TO SAID SECOND WEB, SAID LAST-NAMED MEANS BEING MOUNTED TO BE ACTUATED IN SYNCHRONISM WITH SAID CUTTING MEANS.
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